diff --git a/subversion.changes b/subversion.changes
index 34273bb..1692290 100644
--- a/subversion.changes
+++ b/subversion.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 29 10:52:11 UTC 2016 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Drop syslog.target from After wrt bnc#983938
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/svnserve.service b/svnserve.service
index 3c91fca..e1d8cc2 100644
--- a/svnserve.service
+++ b/svnserve.service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Subversion protocol daemon
-After=syslog.target network.target
+After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking